...when he first put forth the feelers of an irresolute ambition, till he finally stood ' The Oesolator, desolate — The Victor, overthrown — The Arbiter of others' fate, A suppliant for his own.' Never was the ' damnation to everlasting fame', more perfect than in the following page, which we copy...

...Wherewith renown was rife — All quell'd ! — Dark Spirit ! what must be The madness of thy memory ! v. The Desolator desolate ! The Victor overthrown ! The Arbiter of others' fate A Suppliant for his own I Is it some yet imperial hope That with such change can calmly cope ? Or dread of death alone ? To...

...durance on a barren rock of the ocean, like some petty pirate, was humiliation indeed ! " The desolater desolate ! The victor overthrown ! The arbiter of others' fate, A suppliant for his own ! Is this the man of thousand thrones, Who strewed the earth with hostile bones?" Then there is Cook, —...

...suffers as acutely as his victims, and then realizes Byron's beautiful description of Napoleon : — " The desolator desolate, The victor overthrown; The...arbiter of others' fate, A suppliant for his own;" a Moloch, at whose altars parents are compelled by primogeniture to sacrifice their younger children...

...personal appearance : Summary of character: Conclusion, ...... 285 BOOK FOURTH. WATERLOO. THE DESOLATER DESOLATE, THE VICTOR OVERTHROWN, THE ARBITER OF OTHERS* FATE, A SUPPLIANT FOR HI9 OWN — BYRON. VOL. III. FALL OF NAPOLEON. BOOK FOURTH. WATERLOO. CHAPTER I. THE GOVERNMENT OF...

...character : Conclusion, ..... 305 APPENDIX, . . . . ..337 BOOK FOURTH. ELBA AND WATERLOO. THE DESOLATOB DESOLATE, THE VICTOR OVERTHROWN; THE ARBITER OF OTHERS' FATE, A SUPPLIANT FOR HIS OWN ! BTRON. VOL. III. THE FALL OF NAPOLEON. BOOK FOURTH. ELBA AND WATERLOO. CHAPTER I. NAPOLEON'S JOURNEY...

...Ode to Napoleon ? " you used when a very tiny critic to bestow upon it a great deal of admiration. " The Desolator desolate ! The Victor overthrown ! The Arbiter of others' fate A suppliant for his own ! " Such was now the case with Napoleon, he to whom — " The earthquake voice of victory " had been...

...King And arm'd with Kings to strive — And now thou art a nameless thing : So abject — yet alive ! The Desolator desolate ! The victor overthrown ! The Arbiter of others' fate A suppliant for his own ! "Thanks for the lesson — it will teach To after-warriors more Than high Philosophy can preach,...

...Think not that for a fresh rebound, To raise ambition from the ground, We yield thee means or scope. '["The Desolator desolate! The Victor overthrown! The Arbiter of others' fate A Suppliant lor his own ! Is it some yet imperial hope, That with such change can calmly cope? Or dread of < leal...

...night," added her ladyship, ending the discussion by leaving the roo*CHAPTEK XXIII. The desolater, desolate ! The victor, overthrown ! The arbiter of others' fate, A suppliant for his own ! BYHON. LORD ERMISTON came the next day, and the next, for more than a week, encouraged by Lady Mexington's...